Welt-butting machine.



E E. WINKLEY. WELT BUTTING MACHINE. APPLIOATIONTILED .TUNEB, 190B.

Patented Feb. 27,1912.

4 SHEETS SHF-ET 1.

E. E. WINKLEY.

WELT BUTTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FVILED JUNE 8 1908..

1,018,858. Patented Feb. '27, 1912.

, 4 snns'rs-snnn'r 1656426 machineis known in the Machines; and

ERASTUS E. WINKLEY, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS WELT-B UT'IING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1508. Serial No. 437,281.

a citizen of the United States, residing at L nn, in the county of Essex and State of assachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Welt-Butting I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper:

tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for operating on welted boots and shoes, after the welt has been stitched on, to prepare the shoe for the reception of the outsole. The operations at this time include the trimming to proper length and form of the butt ends of the welt, and for this reason this type of art as a welt butting machine. In butting welts it is desirable to provide the severed ends with a bevel so that the outsole may be smoothly laid; In the ma- 1 chines heretofore constructed, in order to ob- I 'ged edge is apt to be left at the end stroke, to occur.

tain a bevel, the 'welt ends have been sup ported on a plane surfaced cutting plate thrust beneath the welt which sustain said endsat an angle to'the plane of the stroke of the welt butting cutter. The cutter is then moved across the cutting plate in a direction to pass through the thickness of the welt thus forming the, desired bevel; If the weltis at all wet sothatdt may stretch, as frequently happensowing to its recent handling at the inseam sewing machine, a mgof the welt by the cutter. It may also happen under these conditions thattheweltwill not be completely severed owing to the smooth,

unbroken surface in OPPOSltlOIl to the stroke 5 "ably the abutment is provided with a knife edge and is undercut so that while the welt of the cutter which permits the undesired stretching of the welt, ahead of the cutting Owing to;the fact that there is a. portion of the margin of the upper remaining unsecured between the ends of the inseam and'the foremost .heel seat lasting tacks at each end of the breast line, per at thesepoints is loose and tends to draw and away from proper cutting position. The welt ends also generally curve outwardly from. the

the upjabutment. I proper relation to-the cutters so that a uniedge of the insole'and at varying angles. It is difficult to butt the welt ends uniformly while they remain in this position.

The general object of the invention is to provide a machine which will'unfailingly completely sever the. welt ends uniforml relatively to each sidefof the shoe and un formly on each shoefand with an .even ano sharply'defined out no matter what condition the welt may be in In varying styles of shoes it is desirable that the welt ends be less angles to obtain the desired close contact between the outsole and insole when beveled at greater or Patented'Feb. 27. 1912.

conditions of the work. In accordance wi a further object of the invention, means provided to permit a 'variation'in the angle' between the plane of the cutting stroke of the welt butting cutter and the surface of the welt so that varying angles, and thus also varying lengths, of bevel may be obtamed.

Another feature of the invention consists:

in the provision of means for removingfrom interference with the cutters the ends of the welt or other portions of the shoe severed by the action of the cutting instrumentalities so that the workingparts will not become clogged'up. a

To the attainment of the ends above described, in the most desirable form of the. in- 'vention now known to the inventor, the. clean severance of the welt ends is. obtained by providing the cutting plate with an abutment or shoulder, on which the welt end. rests, located at the end of the stroke of the welt butting .knife and which rigidly suports the welt end against the thrust of the nife as the cut is being completed. Preferbutting knife may pass sufticientlyfar beneath it to cause-the two parts to act asshear blades and-insure a severance of the welt, nevertheless; the. cutter is prevented from being dulled by a contactwvith the In order to placethe welt in form severance will occur devices are provided on each side of the shoe, comprising bladesarranged to engage in the crease" between the welt and upper adjacent to the end' -of the .welt, and press thewelt inward into proper positlon for cutting. The action of these blades also tightens the'upper at the unsecured portion between the ends of the inseam and the heel seat tacks. In

order to vary the relation between the surface of the welt and the plane of the stroke of the welt butting knife, the cutter plate or welt support is made angularly ad ust-able I about an axis. transverse to the direction of said cutting stroke, thus permitting the surface of the welt to be" brought more or less toward a position ofco-incidence with said cutting plane. -Ifthe severed'portion of the welt is not removed from :the cutter plate,

' it is liable to clog upthe working, parts and prevent a proper butting of the welt on the I next shoe presented to the machine. A welt butt ejector is therefore provided which engages the butt after it'has been severed and sweeps it toward the center of the heel. so

with it.

that when the shoe is removed from the machine the severed To the aceomplishhient of these objects i and such others asimay'hereinafter. appear,

as will. be readily understood .by those skilled, in the art, the invention comprises the-features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out inthe appendedlc aims.

Thelvarious features of the invention will be best understood from a description of one embodiment thereof, such, for instance, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: n p v Figure 1. is a side elevation of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the head of the machine. Fig. 3 is'a-side elevation of Fig. 2'. Fig. 4 is a section in elevation on the line 4&4: of Fig. 2,;showingthe relation of the moving parts before the welt 'is batted. is a section in plan on the line of 3, showing the adjusting mechanism for the back gage. I Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the cutter carrying heads, with its cover plate removed, and showing the relationof the moving parts at the completion of the stroke of the welt butting cutter. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig.6. Fig. 8 is plan of the heel portion of a shoe, showing the op oration-of the heel seat leveling and stitch cutting'knives. Fig. 9is atransverse se c-.

tion on theline 9-9 of Fig. 8. Figs. l0

and l1v are diagrammatic views showing action of the Walt butting cutter inbutting a welt', andvFig.3l12 is a plan of the welt butt ejecting device and the'adjaceni; parts.

In; the embmliment of thelinvention selected for illustratlve our uses a frame 2 which carries the working parts,1s mounted upon a base or stand 4, arranged to supscribed hereinafter. such that the shoe is positioned, sole up, between the'heads 8 and, they are arranged to butt is carried away port-the-working parts at a suitable height convenient to "the operator.- In the preferred arrangement of .the machine, means is provided for butting-Tboth the free ends of. the welt. simultaneously, and to this end,

the frame 2 is provided with a pair of ver tically arranged pivots 6 (Fig. 2), and on "each of thesepivots' there is mounted a cuttercarrying head 8. Each of "these heads supports a welt butting cutter, to be de- The arrangement is to which is connected one end of a link 14, the other end of which is in turn connected to one arm of a' bell crank lever, fulcrumed at 18 onthe frame 2. To the other arm of the bell crank lever 16is pivoted a connecting rod 20, extending downwardly and pivotallyconnected at its lower end toa treadle lever 22 in a stand '24 at the base of the machine." Therod 20 passes through a lug 26 on the base 4, and is provided above the'lug with a coiled spring 28, which bears at its lower end on the said'lu'g and at its upper endagainstan adjustable collar on the rod 20. The rod 20 is also provided with a second adjustable collar below the lug 26.

The construction of the parts just described is such that the spring 28-.normally maintains the treadle lever 22 in its upper ots 6 has pinned to it a crank 12 (Fig. 2),

position, thisposition being determined by contact of the flower collar of the rod20 with the lug 26. With the treadlelever 22 in its upper position, the bell crank lever 16 is operated to 'move the rock-shaft formed by the pivotfi to which the crank12 is at tached, in a direction to close the heads 8.

The action of thespring 28 on the heads 8 is further aided by a strong coiled spring '30 (Fig; 2) connected at its ends to a pin oneachofthe heads 8, and tending always to draw the said heads together.

, Mounted in theframe 2 andflbetwee'n the heads 8 is a back =igage 32 (Fig 4), carriedon the end .of'a slide 34 guided in lugs on the frame; This back gage may be adjusted. in and out by the following mechanism: The slide 34. toward its rear end is provided with a depending arm 36, to the lower end of which is pivoted the rear end of a link -55v uator a as. The forvverd an if this link is iii turn Evoted to, the central *portion of a lever 40, lcrumed on one 'oitthe rock shafts 6.

The lever 40 extends transversely across the 5 maeh'1ne,-and is provided at its: free end-with tanc'e from the back of the heel. vIn preetice it isfpreferred-to buttflthe welt'at'a point a; eboutioppositejtheibreast line -of the heel. Thefjdistan'ceotthi's'PQint from the heck of the heel "varies in different Qsizes or styles l of'shoes, and es the eutting pointsof the.

welt butting eutters in the-heads 8' is fixed,- "zg fit is (ibvious'tha't some relative adjust-ment- 'hetween' the back 'gzigeand theeutter must 1 befpro'viddfin order to obtain a severance ffof-"the weltiait the point'desired with rela ea- 11- 91 wee s e b ed.

i i m 0 Place h ho il 4. u p,- &i t;vee n them with" its heel. against; the} is, provided 'w'ith a longitudinal guideway 48, in which-ismo'u'nted eslide 50 (Fig, 4)..

59 The slide ,50 is provided at its 'u'ppejr side:

. with a crossbar- 52' Fig-i 2) toeach end of which there are 'piv'otelly eon'necjted the rear ends of-links' 54, thejor'ward ends of which links are in turn pivotally 'eonneoted' tdac' the heads s forithewelt butt'ing cutter depressed and ,its

the same, forboth: of SUfiiCe to describe lth fheads only.

Refer ing now "bejseen that each 'gag e Suitable welt su'pports to be) go'here'inetter described, I are placed beneath" .the'zfr ee ends of :the'wel'ts to sustain" them in a"*properl.position toreeeive a beveled out from t'he fiction of the-welt butting cutters '1 I The-weltg'bi'ltting's feiitters are mounted in I 5-the heads 8 for, ai 'movement longitudinally of the-shoeend'the welt, and are actuatedby. the. followingm'echan'i sn'ii The frame 2 hereinafter described, niounted in i vided with a. loose collar 68, held from downward movement by an engagement" with lugs 70 of the machine base 4. The treedle lever 66, is normally held upwardly..-= by means .of'ti coil. spring' fl2;-bearing at its lower end uplongthe eel-1m 6B endlitits up-ng per end' egagir st. an "adjustable collar-0n the 1 rod 64,- This spring normaillyy maintains the slide 50 at'the'fojzwar d end'ofitsguide 48,'and, in turn, vthe-,jvgr eltbutting-cutter ectuators in their fervvardyor inactive, positionin the'he'eds 8. stop-is; provided in a-eonf. venient position to limitthe outward move-1; men td of the slide .505. ftem the; 'shoe;. ha.s;. T been profierly position be ween the cut} ter. herryl'ngf' heads, ,th l e lever 66 1 intoscil'l'etesthe dh bell. crank lever} 58 the slide 50 backvy'ar welt butting putters-tow shoe t'bperfohn their gutting: (lfiioew The j, nst t 0n-;i@ende pe tisi ,e Welt butting cutters" and; eoiiperating parts :will now be d.e sribe d, 1

p ie' ii wa l A the le enp9.

'welt support or eutteiij ilgte'fi in Fig. 12, with la plate; 80, which extends}; under theaeiztrh ity of; the Welt and rfsup; ol-ts it (Fig. lhi"s,"pla'te ijsg'eised' at 1ts' forward end" somewhat 'ebove zthe level 5 of the s n'fa'ee o f the'cntti' ialate, thusfopming a Shouldero! ehiit'inenfp on seitlpla te; the upper siurfafie of. whihhpfiojeots above;

the plane in which? the 'vvltg blittingtravels. This 'shoulder is prefrab'ly iinden out somewhat andfjlsfforrned withyajknife edge fog a 'pii'vpose heneineite f described. The welt biittiii'gj-euttr fiflxproj'ects teens verelyfrom thf liea'kl. 8 Mind is provided with a? knife edge '('lireetetlhtglyverdf the yea-1:

1 of: thegnhehixieiamhtlie hegl en oftheshoe.

36 at its rear.

' slicle., The cutter czl-ryie-r malytherefore osci'llate in tliehetid febe'ut thQSbrfiW S8)T\ s; a" center, 01: .itlmey rei pnoca te in the Head past eaid 'setew. ifiTheSlide 84; is providedsl gringfpre 'ecl fill nbit- 9f! 1-0 tlief fiiine lig-px essed plun- H t ie slot 86 nor;- mal-ly against the -',Sc1* e\vj Sit-and also 'njia'in-.. tains .the gutterfle raised mvay 'f ren gthe shoeiso 'ithetl it; vvill notjnterfere with e -pro1)'erpositioning eigthg shee' between the u euttencarrying; hads. (gw ing te tliehigh instep 'a-nd ee'nsequent pronoflneed' angle at. the shenkf'betwieen the mr mm 11211 e1 2 seat oi ln'any 'shoes greht dilfioulty would-he eiiperienoeil in pesitloning {he sho'e we rle the cutter maintained 5' normally iii its cutting 40 .pcsitibn. Th iictuator {oith-e welt b'ut't'ing" cutter; which hasbeemdeSenihed'las conneet fed jto 'tlie forwm d end of the link 54, is

adapted to engage 'coa emting' vvedge -eu-r face on 'tliefit'onwa'rdjend o fithe epttei'. derrifil 84L lVherii the streadle lever 66 is in "i;ts. 1:ei sed" pesitiqn, the 'actuzitoirslide" 96' i5; in its. forward posit-i011; as elm-1a in Fig. 4; 5o aml the; spiing-pnesged plungerfQQ is pet-5. mittedcto operate:- to -ma' intain the cut-terySQ- eleyzited fas shown inqseitl figure; l-O'n' de- 1' elsien ofl the :treecllef 66, however, the Ew-- move the fiutterig ehprier 8ft downwardly "o.ut 1ts nesse, the aetion. of the ep in'gr" pressed plunger 923i; thi'sfitimexpl eventing. Botany mevement of ;the;cii itter eeryier' pest aid pivfit. "This ,j ddwnward movement 'of the utter continues until a Mg 102 onthe mitten carrier comes in contactivith a shelf r 104. at the'inner side oithepreceesin the :put- M5 -ter eargyin'ghead, whieh the cutter."ear.-

rief-bperetes J-At this time the siecteator "slideiflfi fies: been moved: a eiilficient 1 distance tob ringe'lii' 106 one-its lower side in contep't with afrmilarluglOS projecting from Welt 'bll'ttihg eutter has nowlbeen nioved to tl1e'-p"ositionshown in Fig. 10, just priorto the commencement -01, its eutting stroke.

1708,150 that no "furthel Iosil-lafion aholit the Fltine" "longitudinally ,of "shoe, endtheurthjez" beel'cWerd-movement ef the actuator Slide; 96* operates .toe 's'o move -Saicl cutte1:

the knife,

severtlie; welt;- no

reaches position 1 beneath the: undercutinto centectwiththe hai'se ofthe ehoulde'r. 131 la y i'lfa'geof e euppoi't for the weltxend 'egainst' ehefit1iriu gb th euttenfiwiithout" a drilling eat theeutteris ,t us' seeur'ecl.

fo1i*Ward--end?df "'whi chjproijedte td a position n front of the ygeltbutting cutter 82. This mounted sgring 114. The doivnwei d movement-of lu neon-the cutter carrier 84',

-,ter in arplane substantially parallel-to the Any furthlertbeckward movement of the ac; tuatlo r slicle 96- now eenves merelyio" tightly (Qlali'l th'e'cntter fca ri-iez; 8% between the three bearing points mentioned,'na1'nely,* the two wedgesu'rlf'eces; 98 and 10O", the=;:lug and the;

' trezidleffifl -is depreesedj tof'the limit its;

nieven erit vvihieh operates-$0 drew the .7 ten-82 t a positionbeneath the undercut 6 and 11.1,} Asthee'iidof the l,weglt .is held rifgidlyfby this shoulder egM-nshtlibgthtus't 0 and as the weltbntti ng q ee1.-3 g= moves n A, plane beneath the. .knifeedge 1 formed q'r'if'se'ld abutment, the tv've jperteie et" as"isheiiri'ng'-.bla;des, to z'clesml'y, and shtrply I I nlattei' what its condition I tieriipe r niaiy be. It WilLb'e noted thatJ-tlieQ link-fi l eonnected' te the aetfi'atqr slide 596 is- .ean he eon-trolled so} as to stop as the ou'tteh." 1

, 1,05 1 ehoulderBO after. shearing offlthi e, welt end But before the edge o'f-fthe cutter has conic fOIl which 1s no ey mbuhtd a level; 112, the" rea-r entl 'of the lever 1'12 contacting withe it will noted thut'in the present instance l1 h'eveled 'cut on the end. ofthe Welt is obtained by, moving the welt butting eutnient is? p rnntted" by.fthe ,slet ae. my;

v "The cutter' carrier .84 is providedl wvith 'e lever is foi'lned at li ts-forxveid end to act {LS e, inger-foot; which; to, its. locationsmooth out the .Welt end lays it evenly upon 'Ithe'avelt siipport 7 8 prior to the actionofi the euttex iz- The resser-foot is spring-pressed' against thee-welt by means of a sll'ilabl' y e Presser-foot is limiterl by 'the g 12 iillyieu "on the welt id a 9-; ithe uree leis "r sens ofgtheie terjis the Qutpig 190mg completed:

2; miwhiiie ipr'tbiitting' ,weltscompris- 1 against the thrust of the cutting strqkewhen said end is severed f -f A machine for bptting Ewelts havingiih 1 ,1 cmnbinatiqn, *a 1' welt" b'qttmg" 'titter above the welt, a: ehear bmeepen the Welt. up n-which its'fext-iemityis eup 'orted, and {the cutter 'in a direct-ion e shea'r bhdeiwhen Bub 3 m'eansyfpi glfidiln to pass kbeneath -t ti 'ng th eweltlf I I t e 4. machine for"buttingweltehaying 'in', cbmbinationfe weltbutting cutter; gpvvelttedgto be, t-lmust beneath thetbdthat? elaims are not P the; em i -91 s:

- arling.-

the n migtf whiemhe bey 'l ma Bhtt the welt', a. pivot wlly mountdj ce rrien therefor "above the'welt ari'd movable toward. and; i em the shoe, and cutter? actuiating means cbiistructed mind;arrarlgg'ed. toffirst oecillfite sin-id; cutter earriepaboutjte pivot to' position the cutter ,apdQr-then to lock said j "carrier .againstfu'rthe'r' oscillation. during the cutting .mevgementi I 10." A' machineroithe class d'esdribedhaw ing in combination, 'cut I 1 I ting both free ended the welt, and than! y c ratirig'therewith ant! a cting fmmeech .side of the shoe {wavering the muheme terill iromthehed gent portipnpf the 87198, lLfA machine pf-theclnd cleacribedhw ing in eombinatiohfppai; ef-etittem' acting from opposite sideeybf the shoejaix d' ubstep 'tbflly in the pl nne'of the"jnepl"e ;fdrf leveling ofi themateriale intruding irbm"--the;;heel 1 5 seat pqrtion oi the ehde, and 5 pair of Twelt butting cutters fer xerrioving' the welt :ends from thejeho and also,the materiulsvepe -from theheelflseat by the leveligg' eutters wamt welbend ,an sustain "it atj'en angle ito thje l L :12. A machine "for v ,ing efwett'eutter inmahlem a diteti il i toe positesides ofthe shhghleans'fcr' IIiOVlilg a ndvdisledge theiseverefi welt hutti. 613, Zma ehi ne elf the clagss desevibed'hav1- ing in. combination, means acting-in su'b'sta'nf "tiitlly I i'n'g cmbinati0n','= a Welt butting cuttef,

and welt 'su'pperti'ng" and positioningimeans arranged -t0 engage 1 the stock in; theJ WeI't .P i i df theishcel-ufnder;

stock ofthe inseam ad I substantia'l 1y .80 t. I 16.- 'A machine of 'the class desczgibedhavi n cembina tiohm recipz ecetory wttbut I tingeutt -er, aindaniejeetor eo-ntrelled by the returhzmovement 0f -the= cutter te en'gztge the plane of the insole for tightening the upper of a welted-shce adjacent to the ends oi" the .heelstiifenez at the opposite sides of theqsheesimultaneously to placethe weltin-normfl; position, and means for-bub.

crease adjacent the? end 61" the zinsam from opposite sides of the shoeflnd-inove theflweltu n cutters 'lre' cper'ati've 15 t) lnwal dmto lts normal-=p0s1t1on preparatory tethelbutting'opel ation.

- 1 .,1 5. A maehineof the glass; described comin in combipgxtion a welt butting cutter,; a

I, st1tchcutter,and actuating mechanism fen eutter to meted 'in aa vence pf the welt a'ieutter on; each" side-j 0f the'shoe W1th,t eir-ci'ltti'ng -faces substantially panels of the shoe, said cutters "beingarrafiged for movement transversely theTwelt for planin' theacent t0 the heefseut- Y said..cutters-, ari-anged l to {permit -,th T I I I I I buttm puttei; v I

' 17;? mechin'eof prising a welt suppor-tingde'yice adapted-t0;

:thr'qu gh the inseam; Ia nd part shaI penecL 011 t the sti tchesof the inseam said cutters toI sever" the iflsea-mstitches, and.

the distance from the heel end pfthe shoeatWhich thestitc'hs are severed'eli' 'eaeh side. c r t h f A msmhine of the class described hav' inf; m fcombinationy a vteltbilttihg cutter;

coiipei'sitmg the'peyvith movable I 20'. 'Amachine 6fthe' claesjdeseribed' hh be: thrlist 'benea I formed ,to] apply pressure I transversely andforlhetl to I back" o he he Pr sur s peli de.

1s;- A ma h ne oft-he class. described hm ing in combination, site sides of the shoe,

means for actuating a back gage 'to contiol of the shoe teWardTand"--from a, pos; 'thecrease vbetween the welt endfthe'jip ing-in combination; a-peirfif welt-flblit'ti'iig towerd and from ope cutters, cutter plates ajdai'tegl itdj'efiterfi the crease between the Walt the cutterplates tj-ansvefselybf the' sho'e h. the welt fhavingg'w pert-Y stitch cutters at "oppctive position, and

I I Wveltl"; and the-uppeg' at gp- I I II I III I I '1ng, 1n COmbIDfLL-IOQ cu t te s means fol -actuating the Welt butting cut-' tars.

; heel -22zi Aimaehinefcr butting welts -mit the shoe tube-mowed vtioningit relatively theret'ofa backrest for;

adapted to; engage the weltf ip hd m'e'vable transversely ofithe shoe i i z ltd 'arI d' oilt Qfengagement with the welt for moving-i'twgicldss -.ing'two cuttel 's sehd mea a t from the heel. seat "and iii-p lf,0rremoval freni thelrll ee1'-seet by t, 2 vA ma hiiieetthe l ingai in E Omb hMi heads, andnieansz to mov ,bring s'aidcutters 'concurre I =21. fnachine cf the (2121' entree atmg inea'ns forjsald 'cutters.

Q SgA m aGh ine of thef' clgi I A prising, Welt butting means a" posl thebuttend of the welt in proper rela t-i-dri t o lthe welt butting mea ns, iindprqvisidnjfiqlj holdingseidsdey'ices out of weltj enga positiol tasthe-shine is-bei'ng 'pdsititiii 24. j A machine of the class 'des'eritied-{col prising, means for butting-a welt; and (men the shoe into pcsition fo cthe buttihgioperzi- 915,v tion. t

.. 25., A niachiheJofthe cIa's s describedhafi' j ingin ccmbinatlon, means f0; remev' njg'surthe cutters t e-sever; ayjportlonfif s saidyjheed apart tokpertnitpiisitioning ,ofz'. the :he]. end 9i gtelted I I I e welt butting gutter.lczuzned' by eachfof said ward afterme shoe. has :h,

relation Withthe wevelt,v ends jug; in. combip atie'n, mea ns it 0 fi h i h e eng lgi e p0 IIQ I j said' m'ean's in a plane to elfthe' welt; ends; and Y. Welt pressei s' mounted pd cutters to; engage the up er 28.;A machineo fthe cl' f I I V I v H 1- '1') utt i1 1;g fl'1e i two findofaw Welt cohe'u'rreix is and butt?! plates ceiiperating therewitlx; extending 1n the Welt-crease at each side of the shoe at and adjecent the e nd'of the innenm and .als'o 130 end;

from an aw -ac e;pbgitiqn inwthe' Y 11 combinationfWltk l'ate's tidaiited to;entertlieti elt geyease at opfiositeeides oftiie ehde, means for most ip'g theguard" 51211; i ransve lfse'ly of the shoe towa 'd Langl \fr om opeigetiizef posit on; and

guai'd plates atlaptetl to enter the iwe'l t erease at opposite sides ot}. the Qghoe', and ineans for factiiating 't haying pro si'o'ri vfor mdy1i1g-lthe plate'ganto operativefizpo tion, advanced clyesflscfibed havq in COi'llblilEtt iOIl a, =;devic e alfrs nged to: -1 E a e the fshoepin the inseam 'g dgraeent to the end of thewelgt, gmearns" foij ,get mting 'fitid d'viww pogition the end giiorti-on of the 'welt e transversely "of the-s2h9e an l Q 'holtl 1 it pressed in,;and weltflhjl q. g kmfe'fon bevelihgithe weltw L z 341" A machine ofthe cleee 4 eSc ibed hav-- ing a welt butting tillttBIj-fllltl *gnea tsyarg ranged for moyementttral svelisely of ashoe to engage the hoest gek t the. welt clfease on the two -sids a'tftl posltlon the welt, -.35.-;A maehiri'e of thecla s s'fdes cribed huv-' ingtmeat e 'for butting a Welt, spipports; for 45, the-twohvelt butts; and GOIlllGCted mech zt- "qnisr'n ior actuating said two supports-t0- {ygether transversely of the 'shoe *bottomtoward operative position. I I 36. A'machinc of the classclescribed luv ing welt-butting means, meens for sl pport-' 'ing thet'welt While it is being acted Upon, and lnztnually controlled metms formpv urg the eupport toward and from Welt supporting posltlon:

ing meansfor butting a welt and means nuivnhlc transversely of the shoe toward and from engugren'icnt therewith to position the welt for the butting-operetion. 60 88. A'lmwhine of the class described hai iug means for butting a welt, welt posit oning moium. means For moving said positionlug menus uwuy from the shoe ancl'means under eoml'ol ut the 'o m'ator to move the t 66 osilitm'ing menus toward the shoe.

h e gliai-tl plates and the knives f 37. A machine of theclaes described hay} n'thei gel dl easem ,7

titches of the inseam. H v {13, In o'fiithe'classrlescribed, meanS for i removing surplus jstgcki et. the en ds of' f-thet in'seamfaidirrieens beihg tir+ ran'ged' for j 1'10 vem'ent transvet'ely o ghoe frofilu an inoperative" relatio o' the {shoe into an' operzitive relation thereto Jana cher'ii in f or "twttlatin gisfildmg alifi to; (10.

' "lllfiGbStI'tlOtBd in dltctiontbt the shoe Jendfig i e against t e wizk se cpmjhinedcwith 3: 1116:1118 forxgeverl the inseam st1tches,entl

"ing a back stop and arringed h to permit 11x1 obstructed introdlihtionfof the Shoe "enc'lgwise agill'instz the back S ll}; cqrpbiried -fwith it rue-@105 the welt und" actuating mecliani emjfor saidfllf-li twonmeuns. i

47'. A mechihe of-the classfeleec tihecl hav:

ing means fer-butting the 'twoflendst-iof a welt at the same time ancl adclitiongil means l for detaching the two, cuti ofi' encl portions of the welt fi'oin the shoe' a t the sa'inetime.

48. A ma'chine of the classdescg'il ietlfhavingmeans for butting-e welt and'af's upport for thewelt'butt arranged for l not ement transversely of the "shoefromen inoperative position'remote fromthe Shoe into an operative positicnhnder the welt butt.

' 49. In a inachineof the class described, means arranged for movement liraneversely of thegshoe under welt for planingthe 1 theshoe prepaxfatofyto thegopeyhtiolf of seid .Ihafi's'for actuating s g eers tdef t the- 5 stock of the inseam adjacent to the heel seat substantially level with shoe bottom. 7

50. In :a machine of the classdescribed, the combination with two cutters arranged the upper v on the at-an' angle and having intersectingpaths of movement, and means for actuatingone of said cutters lengthwise of the cutt ng: edge of the other cutter. v

51.,In a machine for..-remving'surplus '52., In a machine of the classdescribed,

, I the combination with Welt butting means, of i stitch-cutting means movable from an'inop erative position into position to support the welt' end for the action of the butting means.- v 53. In a machine of the class described,

an operative tool having a portion formed to apply pressure through the inseam, and

a portion formedto' cut the stitchesof the inseam;

machine of the class described having-'meansfor butting" the welt of a lasted sand welted shoe-and meansfor' detaching u the-stock through the inseam and'a blunt portion to engage the stock at the inseam 40- the severed shoe. V Y Y 55. A-machine of the class described having'a welt butting cuttencombined with a stitch cutter and means for actuating the two cutters independently. 85'

56. A machine of the class-described hav inga stitch cuttin blade comprising an actingedge with a s arpened portion toenter and limit the'advance of the blade.

'7 57 A machine of the class described having a blade comprising a'blunt portion to engage'the shoe stock in the welt crease to apply pressure and a sharpened portion to advance beyond the welt crease and cut'the portion of the welt from the.

' stitches of the inseam,andmeans for actuiiting the blade-. 1 a

7 A'machine'of the cl as i -d ib hg g ing devices;- arr'anged' at 'e'ither side of a welted-shoe to overlie the shoe bottom. and

versely of the .shoe to remove surplus stock .;from the"shoe bottom. v 1

59. A'Welt butting apparatus, havingfin. combination, a knife, a welt'rest'formed. to support the welt end in angular'rel-ation to" v 7 means for vactuating said devices transthe path of theknife to determine the-bevel,"

at Whichthe welt shallbebutted, and means- :for securing the rest in diflerent adjusted relations-tothe knife. v

supporting the'fr'ee end'of the welt vat an angleto the face of the insole, a welt cutter above the welt, means for relatively moving saidjpl'ate and cutter to position thecutter for the Welt butting. operation, and means for moving the cutteracross to -sev,er;the welt end; 61. A machinefor butting welts having,

the cutter plate I in combination, a cutter plate beneath the welt,'-a welt cutter above the welt-,said parts tioning of the cutter onthe welt in-"advance of the cut, and means for operating the cutter to sever the'welt'end.

62 A machine for'butting'weltsjhaving,

in combination, a cutter plate beneaththe welt, a .welt cutter above the-welt; andmeans for imparting to said cutter; apositiolting movement toward thejshoe bottom ,and'there after awelt cutting movement;- in tion at an angle towjthe positioning1'move-' Witnesses: 'i I GEORGE T. vHART, J12,

- icence of on; patent may be obtained m five cents each, ty addressing "Commissioner ofl'atents,

v Washington, ID. 0.'"

-ERASTUSE-WINKLE]? 9" 60 A machine for butting 'weltsfhaving, f

combination, a cutter plate beneath and 

